Lorna Grant
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 74405 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Lorna Grant |
| NOMBRES | Lorna |
| APELLIDO | Grant |
| FIRMA | GRANT L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7248-7792 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The professionalisation paradox
Task shifting and task sharing involve the deliberate redistribution of healthcare responsibilities to non-specialist workers to maximise resources, expand access, and enhance health. Structured training, regulatory measures, and monitoring can transform non-specialist workers into nascent professionals. While this is often assumed to be beneficial, it can create new scarcities and resource pressures. We call this the "Professionalisation paradox…
Task Shifting and Sharing in Indian Mental Health
India experiences a wide mental health (MH) treatment gap, with around 0.73 psychiatrists per 100,000 people, and a massive unmet need for common MH disorders. Task shifting and sharing (TS/S), which is moving tasks from specialists to less-specialised providers, offers a solution but lacks systematic implementation guidance. Unlike more procedural clinical tasks, MH care can involve multiple entry points, varied task types, and contexts where, o…
An updated framework for task shifting and sharing
Shortages of health care providers necessitate task shifting and sharing (TS/S), yet few implementation frameworks guiding these strategies exist. In 2023, we developed the first iteration of the Strategic Healthcare Implementation Framework for Task Shifting, Sharing, and Resource Enhancement (SHIFT-SHARE), a six-stage cyclical framework drawing on change management theories and implementation science. Here we present SHIFT-SHARE 2.0, updated to…
Transforming trade for vaccine equity
The ongoing Pandemic Agreement negotiations illustrate significant gaps in action required to respond effectively to the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and make progress towards public health goals, including Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The pandemic revealed vaccine equity as a unifying health need, and international trade as a Commercial Determinant of Health. We explored where policy action could reshape trade relationships, identif…
Can anonymisation become disempowering? Rethinking ethics for low-risk global health research
Anonymisation is intended to confer protection in research, yet in research where disclosure poses minimal threat, blanket anonymisation may disempower participants who explicitly seek recognition. Drawing on fieldwork examining task shifting and sharing in India, we present an example where the leadership of a non-profit questioned why they must stay anonymous, viewing research participation as a rare chance to share learnings, document impact, …
The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health Among Syrians and Syrian Refugees Working in Agriculture During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted vulnerable populations, such as internally displaced Syrians and Syrian refugees (SSRs) in Middle Eastern host countries, through a syndemic interplay of health, social, and economic challenges. Movement restrictions disrupted their livelihoods resulting in increased food insecurity. A mixed-methods approach was used to address the research question: "What is the relationship between Food Inse…
Mapping the global landscape of task shifting and sharing
Introduction: Task shifting and sharing (TS/S) are strategies for redistributing healthcare services among providers, popular in settings facing workforce crunches. A comprehensive mapping of global TS/S research remains lacking despite widespread implementation. Theory: We apply bibliographic techniques to map where TS/S has been prioritised, revealing patterns that inform implementation science and future strategies. Methods: We searched five d…
Exploring the self-preparedness of frontline healthcare workers in a low- and middle-income country from a humanitarian context during the Covid-19 pandemic
Background: While research has been conducted on the availability, accessibility, and affordability of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, little information is available on the ways in which health workers, especially those in humanitarian settings see themselves, and engage in self-preparedness for social, physical, and mental health and practical care in the pandemic. We sought to address this gap…
Task shifting healthcare services in the post-Covid world
Task shifting (TS) is the redistribution of healthcare services from specialised to less-qualified providers. Need for TS was intensified during COVID-19. We explore what impact TS had on service delivery during the pandemic and examine how the pandemic affected TS strategies globally. We searched five databases in October 2022, namely Medline, CINAHL Plus, Elsevier, Global Health and Google Scholar. 35 citations were selected following the PRISM…
Interpreting God’s Protection through a Dynamic Faith Partnership
This article examines how Christians in a faith partnership between Malawi and Scotland sought and defined God’s protection as they responded to the challenges of the COVID -19 pandemic. Malawi and Scotland have different cultures, societies and economic prosperity but a shared Presbyterian history, and long-standing faith partnerships through the two national churches. Qualitative interviews articulate striking comparisons of expectations of God…
Perceptions of Covid-19 in faith communities in DR Congo
This article explores the perceptions of COVID-19 among faith communities in north-eastern DR Congo and their intersection with public health responses to disease outbreaks. In a situation of a political and economic insecurity and significant unaddressed health needs, faith communities have a strong trusted public presence and offer resilience in the face of political insecurity, limited state intervention and outbreaks of disease. Semi-structur…
Engaging faith communities in public health messaging in response to Covid-19
Purpose: To understand challenges faced by faith leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in engaging with current public health strategies for the COVID-19 pandemic; to explain why long-standing collaborations between government, faith-based health services and leaders of faith communities had little impact; to identify novel approaches to develop effective messaging that resonates with local communities. Methods: A qualitative particip…
La situation des réfugiés syriens employés dans l'agriculture au Moyen‐Orient au début de la pandémie de Covid‐19 sous l'angle du travail et de la sécurité alimentaire
Les auteurs utilisent des données ethnographiques issues de deux enquêtes auprès de réfugiés syriens employés dans l'agriculture au Moyen‐Orient (SyrianFoodFutures et From the FIELD) pour décrire les premiers effets de la pandémie sur cette population particulière. Ils montrent que les restrictions de déplacement et la perturbation des chaînes d'approvisionnement ont compromis l'activité et la sécurité alimentaire de ces migrants, en rappelant ce…
Conflict, epidemic and faith communities
In the short run, depoliticization may help address health emergencies, but in the longer run and in the absence of a credible space for discussion, it may affect the constructive criticism of health system responses and health system strengthening. The faith leaders are putting forward the desire for a relationship that is not just subordination of the religious to the imperatives of health care but a dialogue that allows the experiences of the …
Ethics in global research
Global challenge-led research seeks to contribute to solution-generation for complex problems. Multicultural, multidisciplinary, and multisectoral teams must be capable of operating in highly demanding contexts. This brings with it a swathe of ethical conflicts that require quick and effective solutions that respect both international conventions and cultural diversity. The objective of this article is to describe the process of creating a toolki…
The Public Role of Churches in Early Responses to Covid-19 in Africa
The public role of Christianity in Africa has gained increased attention from scholars. This article gives four snapshots of the responses of churches to COVID-19 in Africa in the early weeks of disease spread on the continent. In many countries, churches are at the forefront of formal and informal health delivery and disease control, through medical services and faith healing. An examination of different approaches of Christian communities to th…
Procedural justice, obligation to obey, and cooperation with police in a sample of Jamaican citizens
Procedural justice theory plays a central role in understanding police–citizen relationships. To test the universality of procedural justice theory, researchers have tended to assess the relative impacts of normative and instrumental models of policing in different geopolitical contexts. Building on Reisig and Lloyd’s study in Jamaica, we test in the current study the relative impacts of procedural justice (a normative factor) and police effectiv…
The relative impacts of normative and instrumental factors of policing on willingness to empower the police
This study is the first to assess citizen willingness to empower the police in the Caribbean. The study examines the relative impacts of normative and instrumental models of policing on willingness to empower the police in a sample of Jamaican citizens. Using data from a survey of Jamaican citizens, procedural justice and educational level predicted police empowerment; obligation to obey, age, sex, police effectiveness, and risk of sanctioning di…
What does the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey say about the country’s first Health Sector Strategic Plan
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Mobile technology and cancer screening
BACKGROUND: Rates of cervical and oral cancer in India are unacceptably high. Survival from these cancers is poor, largely due to late presentation and a lack of early diagnosis and screening programmes. Mobile Health ('mHealth') shows promise as a means of supporting screening activity, particularly in rural and remote communities where the required information infrastructure is lacking. METHODS: We developed a mHealth prototype and ran training…
Integrating palliative care into national health systems in Africa
BACKGROUND: The WHO is calling for the integration of palliative care in all health care settings globally. METHODS: A 3.5-year program was implemented in 12 government hospitals, three each in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. A four-pillared approach of advocacy, staff training, service delivery strengthening and international and regional partnership working was utilized. A baseline assessment was undertaken to ascertain needs, and 27 indicato…
Faith and palliative care
The provision of holistic palliative care has been identified by WHO as a human right, important for all people, at all ages, with all life-limiting illnesses. When faced with death and dying, issues of meaning and relationships with others, the world, and with the sacred are intensified even more in communities where faith and spiritual beliefs have a significant place. Being able to understand the significance of dying and interpreting the expe…
An estimate of the prevalence of epilepsy in Sub–Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a leading serious neurological condition worldwide and has particularly significant physical, economic and social consequences in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of epilepsy prevalence in this region and how this varies by age and sex so as to inform understanding of the disease characteristics as well as the development of infrastructure, services and policies. METHODS: A parallel sy…
Estimating the incidence of colorectal cancer in Sub–Saharan Africa
Estimating the incidence of colorectal cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic analysis Background Nearly two-thirds of annual mortality worldwide is attributable to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with 70% estimated to occur in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Colorectal cancer (CRC) accounts for over 600 000 deaths annually, but data concerning cancer rates in LMIC is very poor. This study analyses the data available to produce an e…
The Public Role of Churches in Early Responses to Covid-19 in Africa
The public role of Christianity in Africa has gained increased attention from scholars. This article gives four snapshots of the responses of churches to COVID-19 in Africa in the early weeks of disease spread on the continent. In many countries, churches are at the forefront of formal and informal health delivery and disease control, through medical services and faith healing. An examination of different approaches of Christian communities to th…
Factors facilitating and challenging access and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a township in the Zambian Copperbelt
Antiretroviral therapy is increasingly available in African communities. We set out to gain patient perceptions on factors that facilitate and challenge access and adherence to such therapy. We carried out two semi-structured interviews 12 months apart with 40 HIV-positive people drawn from three economically deprived townships in the Copperbelt, Zambia. We also conducted a focus group of 12 of these interviewees. Availability of medication in he…
An estimate of the prevalence of epilepsy in Sub–Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a leading serious neurological condition worldwide and has particularly significant physical, economic and social consequences in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of epilepsy prevalence in this region and how this varies by age and sex so as to inform understanding of the disease characteristics as well as the development of infrastructure, services and policies. METHODS: A parallel sy…
Estimating the incidence of colorectal cancer in Sub–Saharan Africa
Estimating the incidence of colorectal cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic analysis Background Nearly two-thirds of annual mortality worldwide is attributable to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with 70% estimated to occur in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Colorectal cancer (CRC) accounts for over 600 000 deaths annually, but data concerning cancer rates in LMIC is very poor. This study analyses the data available to produce an e…
Integrating palliative care into national health systems in Africa
BACKGROUND: The WHO is calling for the integration of palliative care in all health care settings globally. METHODS: A 3.5-year program was implemented in 12 government hospitals, three each in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. A four-pillared approach of advocacy, staff training, service delivery strengthening and international and regional partnership working was utilized. A baseline assessment was undertaken to ascertain needs, and 27 indicato…
Faith and palliative care
The provision of holistic palliative care has been identified by WHO as a human right, important for all people, at all ages, with all life-limiting illnesses. When faced with death and dying, issues of meaning and relationships with others, the world, and with the sacred are intensified even more in communities where faith and spiritual beliefs have a significant place. Being able to understand the significance of dying and interpreting the expe…
Respire
Mobile technology and cancer screening
BACKGROUND: Rates of cervical and oral cancer in India are unacceptably high. Survival from these cancers is poor, largely due to late presentation and a lack of early diagnosis and screening programmes. Mobile Health ('mHealth') shows promise as a means of supporting screening activity, particularly in rural and remote communities where the required information infrastructure is lacking. METHODS: We developed a mHealth prototype and ran training…
What does the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey say about the country’s first Health Sector Strategic Plan
Procedural justice, obligation to obey, and cooperation with police in a sample of Jamaican citizens
Procedural justice theory plays a central role in understanding police–citizen relationships. To test the universality of procedural justice theory, researchers have tended to assess the relative impacts of normative and instrumental models of policing in different geopolitical contexts. Building on Reisig and Lloyd’s study in Jamaica, we test in the current study the relative impacts of procedural justice (a normative factor) and police effectiv…
The relative impacts of normative and instrumental factors of policing on willingness to empower the police
This study is the first to assess citizen willingness to empower the police in the Caribbean. The study examines the relative impacts of normative and instrumental models of policing on willingness to empower the police in a sample of Jamaican citizens. Using data from a survey of Jamaican citizens, procedural justice and educational level predicted police empowerment; obligation to obey, age, sex, police effectiveness, and risk of sanctioning di…
Ethics in global research
Global challenge-led research seeks to contribute to solution-generation for complex problems. Multicultural, multidisciplinary, and multisectoral teams must be capable of operating in highly demanding contexts. This brings with it a swathe of ethical conflicts that require quick and effective solutions that respect both international conventions and cultural diversity. The objective of this article is to describe the process of creating a toolki…
The Public Role of Churches in Early Responses to Covid-19 in Africa
The public role of Christianity in Africa has gained increased attention from scholars. This article gives four snapshots of the responses of churches to COVID-19 in Africa in the early weeks of disease spread on the continent. In many countries, churches are at the forefront of formal and informal health delivery and disease control, through medical services and faith healing. An examination of different approaches of Christian communities to th…
Engaging faith communities in public health messaging in response to Covid-19
Purpose: To understand challenges faced by faith leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in engaging with current public health strategies for the COVID-19 pandemic; to explain why long-standing collaborations between government, faith-based health services and leaders of faith communities had little impact; to identify novel approaches to develop effective messaging that resonates with local communities. Methods: A qualitative particip…
La situation des réfugiés syriens employés dans l'agriculture au Moyen‐Orient au début de la pandémie de Covid‐19 sous l'angle du travail et de la sécurité alimentaire
Les auteurs utilisent des données ethnographiques issues de deux enquêtes auprès de réfugiés syriens employés dans l'agriculture au Moyen‐Orient (SyrianFoodFutures et From the FIELD) pour décrire les premiers effets de la pandémie sur cette population particulière. Ils montrent que les restrictions de déplacement et la perturbation des chaînes d'approvisionnement ont compromis l'activité et la sécurité alimentaire de ces migrants, en rappelant ce…
Conflict, epidemic and faith communities
In the short run, depoliticization may help address health emergencies, but in the longer run and in the absence of a credible space for discussion, it may affect the constructive criticism of health system responses and health system strengthening. The faith leaders are putting forward the desire for a relationship that is not just subordination of the religious to the imperatives of health care but a dialogue that allows the experiences of the …
Exploring the self-preparedness of frontline healthcare workers in a low- and middle-income country from a humanitarian context during the Covid-19 pandemic
Background: While research has been conducted on the availability, accessibility, and affordability of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, little information is available on the ways in which health workers, especially those in humanitarian settings see themselves, and engage in self-preparedness for social, physical, and mental health and practical care in the pandemic. We sought to address this gap…
Task shifting healthcare services in the post-Covid world
Task shifting (TS) is the redistribution of healthcare services from specialised to less-qualified providers. Need for TS was intensified during COVID-19. We explore what impact TS had on service delivery during the pandemic and examine how the pandemic affected TS strategies globally. We searched five databases in October 2022, namely Medline, CINAHL Plus, Elsevier, Global Health and Google Scholar. 35 citations were selected following the PRISM…
Interpreting God’s Protection through a Dynamic Faith Partnership
This article examines how Christians in a faith partnership between Malawi and Scotland sought and defined God’s protection as they responded to the challenges of the COVID -19 pandemic. Malawi and Scotland have different cultures, societies and economic prosperity but a shared Presbyterian history, and long-standing faith partnerships through the two national churches. Qualitative interviews articulate striking comparisons of expectations of God…
Perceptions of Covid-19 in faith communities in DR Congo
This article explores the perceptions of COVID-19 among faith communities in north-eastern DR Congo and their intersection with public health responses to disease outbreaks. In a situation of a political and economic insecurity and significant unaddressed health needs, faith communities have a strong trusted public presence and offer resilience in the face of political insecurity, limited state intervention and outbreaks of disease. Semi-structur…
Transforming trade for vaccine equity
The ongoing Pandemic Agreement negotiations illustrate significant gaps in action required to respond effectively to the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and make progress towards public health goals, including Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The pandemic revealed vaccine equity as a unifying health need, and international trade as a Commercial Determinant of Health. We explored where policy action could reshape trade relationships, identif…
Can anonymisation become disempowering? Rethinking ethics for low-risk global health research
Anonymisation is intended to confer protection in research, yet in research where disclosure poses minimal threat, blanket anonymisation may disempower participants who explicitly seek recognition. Drawing on fieldwork examining task shifting and sharing in India, we present an example where the leadership of a non-profit questioned why they must stay anonymous, viewing research participation as a rare chance to share learnings, document impact, …
The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health Among Syrians and Syrian Refugees Working in Agriculture During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted vulnerable populations, such as internally displaced Syrians and Syrian refugees (SSRs) in Middle Eastern host countries, through a syndemic interplay of health, social, and economic challenges. Movement restrictions disrupted their livelihoods resulting in increased food insecurity. A mixed-methods approach was used to address the research question: "What is the relationship between Food Inse…
Mapping the global landscape of task shifting and sharing
Introduction: Task shifting and sharing (TS/S) are strategies for redistributing healthcare services among providers, popular in settings facing workforce crunches. A comprehensive mapping of global TS/S research remains lacking despite widespread implementation. Theory: We apply bibliographic techniques to map where TS/S has been prioritised, revealing patterns that inform implementation science and future strategies. Methods: We searched five d…
The professionalisation paradox
Task shifting and task sharing involve the deliberate redistribution of healthcare responsibilities to non-specialist workers to maximise resources, expand access, and enhance health. Structured training, regulatory measures, and monitoring can transform non-specialist workers into nascent professionals. While this is often assumed to be beneficial, it can create new scarcities and resource pressures. We call this the "Professionalisation paradox…
Task Shifting and Sharing in Indian Mental Health
India experiences a wide mental health (MH) treatment gap, with around 0.73 psychiatrists per 100,000 people, and a massive unmet need for common MH disorders. Task shifting and sharing (TS/S), which is moving tasks from specialists to less-specialised providers, offers a solution but lacks systematic implementation guidance. Unlike more procedural clinical tasks, MH care can involve multiple entry points, varied task types, and contexts where, o…
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